Number of Students at Hogwarts

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 68823

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lynnfaragher78" <
jamielynncarlson at h...> wrote:
> 
> 
> There are 5 identical beds in Harrys room (Harry, Ron, Neville, 
> Seamus, and Dean)
> 
> 20 broomsticks for the Slytherins and Gryffindors class....
> 
> I then assume that there are 5 boys and 5 girls in each house and in 
> each year....
> 
> 40 new students per year, 70 students per house, and 280 students 
> total.......
> 
> Does that sound about right???
> 
> 
> "lynnfaragher78"

Yes, it makes sense to me (though there might be slightly different numbers of 
boys/girls in each year in each house, not exactly 5 each).  BUT JKR once 
said in an interview that there were "about 1000" students at Hogwarts.  Other 
approaches (extrapolating from classes, dining hall, etc. etc.) have come up 
with other figures in between these 2.